In 1885, Alfred Grandidier, a naturalist and French explorer, arrived in Madagascar, and devoted his life to the study of the island. Though to date, no concrete origin for the term ‘Madagascar’ has been found, many know it as the country of ‘moramora,’ meaning ‘no hurry’.

proper noun A country and island of the east coast of Africa with capital Antananarivo . Official name: Republic of Madagascar .

A noun is a word that represents a person, place, or thing. Everything we can see or talk about is represented by a word. That word is called a “noun.” You might find it useful to think of a noun as a “naming word.”

wise is an adjective, wisdom is a noun, wisely is an adverb:She is a wise shopper.

Proper Nouns

The names of colors are generally not proper nouns. Words such as blue, green, orange, yellow, and red are all common nouns, so they are not…

Brand names of trademarked games like Monopoly, Scrabble, and Chutes and Ladders are capitalized, but note that it is not necessarily to use registration symbols with them. Names for games like pool and its variants, foosball, air hockey, and other tabletop entertainments should not be capitalized.

Option A – The word Tokyo is the specific name of a city that is located in Japan, which makes it a proper noun. The words city and world are rightly indicated as common nouns because they do not have a specific name.

The noun ‘teacher’ is a common noun. It does not give the name of a specific teacher.

Read is also a noun. I settled down to have a good read. When you read a piece of writing to someone, you say the words aloud. People who can read have the ability to look at and understand written words.

Tomorrow functions as a noun and as an adverb; you should avoid employing it as an adjective or verb.

These words—“everybody” and “nobody”—are indefinite pronouns, meaning they don’t refer to a particular person. Both these indefinite pronouns are singular.